San Diego AI Showcase (North County)

San Diego AI Showcase (North County)

A Homebrew-style night for AI experiments and demos.
​We’re launching a new monthly, in-person gathering for San Diego founders who are actively building with AI — and who are willing to show their work before it’s perfect.

​Inspired by the original Homebrew Computer Club — where builders like Steve Wozniak casually shared what they were experimenting with — this is a space for real demos, early prototypes, bold ideas, and honest lessons. No polished pitch decks. No sales. No pressure.

​This is about learning in public, helping each other think sharper, and accelerating progress through thoughtful feedback.
​The Founders AI San Diego group is designed to grow a tight, curious, builder-driven founder community in the region.

What you’ll see

• ​Early AI products, tools, agents, workflows, and experiments
• ​Things that are half-working, just launched, or still a little rough
• ​Lessons from what didn’t work (often the most valuable part)
• ​Live demos, screen shares, short walkthroughs

​Format

• ​3–5 founders present for ~10 minutes each
• ​Open Q&A and group discussion after every presentation
• ​Hang out, meet other builders, and keep the conversation going

​Who this is for

• ​Founders actively building with AI (pre-seed to growth)
• ​Engineers, designers, and product leaders experimenting hands-on
• ​People who value curiosity, humility, and substance over hype

​What this is not

• ​Not a pitch night
• ​Not an investor demo day
• ​Not a sales event

​Just builders helping builders.
​📍 Event Details

• ​When: Every second Tuesday of the month
• ​First meetup: February 10, 6:00 pm
• ​Where: LVLUP USA (North County San Diego. Vista, CA)

​If you’re interested in presenting, attending, or shaping the future of this meetup, you’re very welcome. The goal is to create something long-lasting for San Diego — a place where meaningful work gets shared early, and momentum compounds over time.

## ​Presenters

​Demian Borba, Founder and CEO of Pactto (Stanford StartX S25, ex-Adobe, Intuit, PayPal, BlackBerry)
​6:15 pm
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/demianborba/
​Title: Pactto AI QA Agent with Claude Code Cowork
​Details:
Demian will walk through how he used Claude Code Cowork to build an automated QA agent that tests the entire Pactto platform directly in the browser. The project evolved through a lot of trial and error, uncovering practical lessons along the way. He will share real limitations he ran into, how he worked around them, and what he learned about scheduling, file selection, and keeping the system reliable at scale.

​Akshay Nagesh, Co-founder of KORA (Artificial Intelligence Researcher - San Diego Supercomputer Center)
​6:30 pm
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshay-nagesh-79710a3a7/
​Title: Kora, an AI-first autonomous platform for property maintenance coordination
​Details:
Kora automates the entire maintenance workflow without human intervention, from triage to vendor dispatch, scheduling, and status updates. It operates as an AI maintenance coordinator, handling inbound requests, classifying issues using vision AI, assigning vendors via SMS, negotiating availability, and verifying completion. Akshay will also touch on the long-term product direction, including rent collection, preventive maintenance intelligence, compliance logging, and smart workflows that aim to reduce manual property management work by over 90%.

​Cameron Yenche, Technical Product Manager at SimplifyPI.ai (M.S. Data Science at UC Berkeley, ex-Microsoft)
​6:45 pm
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronyenche/
​Title: Identifying complex moves
​Details:
Cameron will show how Eleve is building a robust 7-camera NDI data pipeline combined with a BlazePose computer vision framework to detect skateboard tricks. He will break down the biggest technical challenges they faced, what did not work at first, and the solutions that helped make the system reliable in real-world conditions.

​Devan Velji, Mathematics & Economics + Marine Science at UC San Diego
​7:00 pm
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devanvelji/
​Title: Duolingo for Indian languages (iOS app)
​Details:
Devan will share how he used Claude Code to build and scale his app, including the pros, cons, and things to watch out for. He will cover how he automated the content generation pipeline for flashcards and the extensive testing setup he implemented to keep quality high as the app evolved.

​Nicolas Dos Santos, SWE at UCSD (Mathematics - Computer Science Freshman at UCSD, Cyber Defense Operations at US Air Force National Guard)
​7:15 pm
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas2007/
​Title: CTRL
​Details:
CTRL intervenes at the exact moment you try to open an addictive app, guiding you through breathing exercises and healthier alternatives instead of simply blocking access. It combines real-time intervention with a psychology-backed 20-day challenge and adaptive AI coaching based on your triggers. The focus is not restriction, but learning how to pause and make better choices when urges hit.

​Sanjay Marathe, Computer Science at UC Irvine, UROP, SWE at Geodo (EF F25), Grangou
​7:30 pm
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-marathe-2257811b0/
​Title: Voice Agents for DevOps (iOS app)
​Details:
Sanjay will demo VercelOS, a voice-to-PR mobile app that uses a LiveKit agent to transcribe feature requests with Deepgram, generate React components via the Vercel MCP server, and create pull requests using GitHub’s API. He will also share how he built the app in five hours at the SDx hackathon and the lessons learned while designing a DevOps tool under tight time constraints.

Jeran Fraser, CEO at Flag50, building the future of flag football by combining technology, community, and AI. Serial entrepreneur.
​7:45 pm
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reserve/
​Title: Building Flag50 with AI
​Details:
Before the AI era, Jeran relied on large engineering teams to build successful products like Stact. Today, he is setting the vision and accelerating development himself using multiple AI tools. He will share lessons from building Flag50 and how AI has changed what is possible for small, focused teams.

Location
1410 Vantage Ct
Vista, CA 92081, USA